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  1. Comment - A fighting chance for EchoStar against TiVo

    (Feb 17, 2009 - 8:43 PM)

    The focus of the hearing remains the same. It is to gather evidence so that the Judge can make a determination as to whether Echostar is in contempt of court for ignoring the order of the court to shut down their DVRs. This is from the order for the hearing:

    Before the Court is TiVo’s Motion to Hold EchoStar In Contempt For Violation Of This
    Court’s Permanent Injunction. Dkt. No. 832.
    The Court will hold an additional evidentiary hearing on this matter on February 17-18,
    2009 to determine (1) whether the software downloaded to EchoStar’s DP-501, DP-508, DP-510,
    DP-522, DP-625, DP-721, DP-921, and DP-942 is no more than colorably different from the
    adjudged software; and (2) whether these receivers continue to infringe claims 31 and 61 of U.S.
    Patent No. 6,233,389, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents.

    If you would like to review any of the documents in the case, you can view them on my web page at:
    http://southernme.com/DAVY_v_GOLIATH/

    Next time, if you would like to have someone check your facts, for a fee of course, feel free to email me via the comment to the webmaster link at the top of that page.

  2. Comment - Motorola launches MPEG-4 DVR boxes for HD cable

    (Jan 3, 2008 - 10:37 PM)

    It will be interesting to see the communications between TiVo's attorneys, and Motorola after the Federal Court of Appeals issues it's ruling upholding a lower courts decision on Echostar's infringement of the TiVo "Time Warp" patents, and it's lifting of the stay that is keeping the functionality of the Dish DVR's (temporarily) alive. I think we'll see Motorola standing in line (behind Echostar, Time Warner, SA)in Alviso, CA for a license (and it won't be at the DMV).

  3. Comment - Motorola launches MPEG-4 DVR boxes for HD cable

    (Jan 3, 2008 - 10:27 PM)

    Drumcat,

    Digital DVR's record the raw untranscoded data stream from the source. That is why you have a new mpeg-4 box from DirecTV to record the data from the new mpeg-4 birds.